Second Reading

Commentary on Romans 9:1-5

We now enter into a three-chapter exposition on the providence of God (9:1-11:36). In these [...]

Commentary on Romans 8:26-39

Paul brings the first eight chapters of Romans to a resounding conclusion in these verses [...]

Commentary on Romans 8:12-25

Chapters 5-8 of Paul’s epistle to the Romans are practically a self-contained meditation on the [...]

Commentary on Romans 8:1-11

The transition between chapters 7 and 8 presents interpreters with a challenge, namely, to know [...]

Commentary on Romans 7:15-25a

Romans is regularly recognized to be Paul’s most seriously sustained theological reflection in the corpus [...]

Commentary on Romans 6:12-23

Diving into this lesson at v. 12 of Romans 6 puts one midstream into a [...]

Commentary on Romans 6:1b-11

Sometimes the editorial decisions of the Lectionary committees astound me. Why in the world does [...]

Commentary on Romans 5:1-8

“Access” has become a key phrase in our technological age. At the door of the [...]

Commentary on Romans 4:13-25

Paul never took a homiletics class. He did not know, therefore, that you are supposed [...]

Commentary on Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 [29-31]

What does the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ accomplish? [...]